Folding umbrella.



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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 8. 1907 WITNESSES PATENT oEEroE.

CHARLES LOMB, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed May 8, 1907. Serial No. 372,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES LOMB, va citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to folding umbrellas, and the invention has forits object to provide a simple and inexpensive umbrella that can beeasily and quickly folded into a compact form, whereby the umbrella canbe conveniently carried in a small parcel within a valise or trunk.

Briefly described, my improved umbrella comprises a two-part stickhaving a detachable tip. Upon the stem is slidably mounted a runner forspreaders for supporting the telescopic ribs of the umbrella, thespreaders also serving to move the telescopic sections of the ribs.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be hereinaftermore fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawing forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofa portion of an umbrellaconstructed in accordance with my invention, illustrating the same in afolded position in dotted lines, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theouter end of one of the inner rib-sections of my improved umbrella, Fig.3 is a perspective view of the inner end of'one 0f the outer ortelescopic sections of the ribs, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theouter end of one of the spreaders of the umbrella.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a stick 1 comprising threesections, a handle section 2, an intermediate section 3, and a tipsection 4, said tip section being detachably mounted in the upper end ofthe section 3 by threads 5. The sections 2 and 3 are detachablyconnected together by a threaded plug 6 mounted in the confronting endsof said sections. Upon the upper end of the intermediate section 3 ismounted a notch 7, to which is pivotally connected ribs 8, the outerends of inner rib-sections being provided with lugs 9 and recesses l0.Slidably mounted upon the rib-sections 8 are outer or telescopic ribsections 11, the outer ends of said sections being pierced, as at 12,whereby a cover (not shown) can be secured to said sections. Thesections 11 are slotted as at 14, to receive the lugs 9 of theribsections 8, the outward movement of the telescopic sections 11 beinglimited by the closed portions 15 of the sections 11. The innermost endsof the telescopic sections 11 are provided with pierced lugs 16, andpivotally mounted between said lugs are the outer ends of the stretchers17, said ends being pointed, as at 18, to engage in the recesses 10 ofthe ribs 8 and hold the telescopic sections 11 in extended position. Theinner ends of the stretchers 17 are pivotally connected to a runner 18mounted upon the stick 1 of the umbrella. A conventional form of clasp19 is employed for holding the runner in adjusted position. By pullingdownwardly upon the runner 18, the pointed ends of the stretchers 17 canbe swung out of the recesses 10, and when the stretchers are foldedinwardly against the stick of the umbrella, the telescopic sections 11slide upon the ribs 8 and assume the position shown in dotted lines Fig.1 of the drawing. When the tip section 4 and the handle section 2 aredetached from the intermediate section 3, the umbrella occupiescomparatively small space.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a folding umbrella, the combination with a stick, a notch carriedthereby, and a runner mounted on the stick, of a rib comprising an innersection pivotal at its inner end to the notch and having a notch in theunderneath face near its outer end, a lug carried by said inner sectionat its outer end, a hollow outer rib section telescoping the innerrib-section and having a slot receiving the lug of said innerrib-section, and a stretcher pivoted at its inner end to said runner andat its outer end to said outer ribsection and having a projectingpointed outer end engaging the notch in said inner rib-section andholding said rib sections in extended position.

2. An umbrella having a rib made in inner and outer sections, the outersection being hollow and telescoping the inner section and the innersection having a notch, and a stretcher pivoted to the outer section andhaving a pointed projecting end extending beyond the pivot point andengaging in said notch in the inner section whereby the outer section isheld against sliding movement on the inner section when in the extendedposition.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the pres ence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES LOMB.

Witnesses:

BIAY H. Snonovrz, A. J. TRIGG.

